Would 90* SATA connectors clear the 3870 fan housing? Or would they be oriented the wrong way?

If they were put in the same location, then probably not. The answer really is to move the SATA ports closer to the edge of the motherboard.

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Originally Posted by yamawho

It would also be interesting to cover the new energy savings features in relation to overclocking. For example, is one better off installing the software or not ?

Actually, the EPU feature won't work if you are overclocking.

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Originally Posted by yycraven

Nice review MAC, I have the P5Q-E motherboard and its a great motherboard. Had the Asus P5K before that and that's why I stuck with the P35 and P45 chipset. Great OCing and stable.

I don't know if you saw the voltage regulation section, but I would advise that you also change your PLL and VTT/FSB voltages to their second lowest settings, since it appears that the entire P5Q series overvolts.